Entries by Caiazza

Results are in! The new mural design is…

Through an online vote and dozens of votes being cast during the Fourth of July at the pool, the membership has a clear winner after a close vote. The Board has approved the winning design, and on behalf of the Rock Creek Pool Board we’d like to thank Saige Gootman for submitting the winning design. […]

WE NEED YOU! Sign up with Social 2017

Volunteering at Rock Creek Pool is about to get crazy! As you know, our pool is run by a completely volunteer board, and all of the fun activities we like to do at the pool require even more volunteers. We are about to kick off another great season at the pool and WE NEED YOU! […]

Update on Qualifications for Senior Swim Privileges

To All Full Equity Members: The Board, at our recent meeting, has decided to make Senior Swim privileges available as an option to long-term Full Equity Members. Specifically, we decided to increase the number of eligible Senior Swim accounts to 70 (up from 50) and to reduce the required minimum length of membership to 20 […]

2016 Annual Meeting: Vote Results & New Board of Directors

The candidates who have been elected today to two-year terms on the Board of Directors of Rock Creek Pool are (in alphabetical order): Michael Abate Roy Ashley Andrew Baird Rick Blum Iain Gold Allison Kirsch Marge Martin Patrick Moffitt Returning to the Board (with terms expiring in September 2017) are: Kent Allen Kelly Briscoe Tom Gletner […]

State makes offer to acquire portion of land for Purple Line

The State of Maryland has made an offer to the Association to buy a small portion of land adjacent to the Capitol Crescent Trail and to obtain a temporary easement to use pool property next to the trail access point on Grubb Road during the construction of the Purple Line. The formal offer and negotiations […]

Modernization Results

The results are in. Pool President Gretchen Ekstrom explains the result in this letter to members. In brief: Using the results of the survey, the Board has voted to proceed with expanding the main pool, renovate the baby pool, construct a food prep area, and construct the pavilion next to the pump house. Surveys were […]

Summary/Handout: Modernization (Design Elements and Financing)

At the all-member meeting on Friday, July 29, 2016, we handed out a front-and-back page handout (pdf) describing the design elements and a brief summary of the financial impacts on members. Modernization of Rock Creek Pool Financial Implications   General approach. The Board is taking a conservative approach to financing the modernization, meaning the financing numbers should allow […]

Lap lane policy

The Board has received an increasing number of complaints concerning the lap lanes.  The current policy is to have three lap lanes until 2:00-3:00 p.m., depending on pool usage, during the week.  On weekends, three lap lanes will be available until noon with only two after. Please be respectful of other users: 1) choose a […]

Survey Results for Preferred Design for Pool Alterations

(Note: This post also appeared in This Week @ Rock Creek for July 7-13, 2016) Thank you to everyone who stopped by and heard the plans we are developing for pool modernization over the weekend and at a member meeting on Tuesday evening attended by 25-35 people, and to the over 100 Full Member households who responded […]